42 weeks....

Well, here we are at 42 weeks, and let me tell you, this is the best week of the pregnancy. Most of you probably know why, but for those of you who don't, little man arrived Friday evening. Charles Edward was born on 5/18 at 8:13pm. Charlie tipped the scales at a whooping 9 lbs 3 oz, 21.5 inches long. The labor and delivery did not quite go as planned, but the end result was well worth the process that we had to go through. I know that I am biased, but I think that he's pretty darn cute. 

Our first picture of Charlie. Not so sure about the hat selection, but I didn't have much say in it.

Moving and a shaking, not a very happy camper.

Look how long I am...

Are you my momma?? Nice to meet you.

Snuggle time with little man. Once again, I'm not sure about the hat selection.

Proud daddy and his son

Our first family picture

So sweet...

40 weeks...it's got to be close to time

Well, we made it. Here we are at week 40, which given the past two weeks, we didn't think we would see. This past two weeks have been a crazy blur of playing the waiting game, and trying to decide if little man is coming or not. I started having contractions roughly two weeks ago, and even though they weren't very regular, we took it as a good sign that things were moving right along. Well, things were moving, just not as fast as we thought they would, hence the 40 week mark. 


Everyone thought that last weekend would be it, since it was not only supposed to rain, it was a full moon, and the moon was going to be the closest to earth that it will be all year. Well, once again little man proved that he has a mind of his own, and he will come when he's good and ready. So we are still playing the waiting game, and wishing that the game will hurry up and be over with. I keep telling little man that there is a very LONG list of people that are anxiously waiting for him to get here, so they can meet him, but he doesn't want to seem to listen to his mamma.  So we wait... 

Hopefully next time we post, you won't be seeing pictures of my big ole belly, but of a handsome little man. Only time will tell though....

The Nursery

In all of the hard work this weekend, I finally finished put the nursery together. Well, almost together. There are still a few things we need to do, like hang the doors, now that they are painted, and we have door knobs and hinges. I been waiting as long as possible to put the crib together, since everything was all nice and clean. But since we are two weeks out, Mike figured we were close enough that I could do that. So that is one of the many things I did this weekend.

There are still finishing touches that need to be done, but pretty much the only thing missing from this room is little man. We are both so excited and can't wait for him to  make his entrance into the world and our lives. 

38 weeks and waiting

So here we are at 38 weeks. Things are still pretty uneventful, which is a good thing. I'm now going to see the midwife every week until little man gets here, which is always fun... As of last week everything was where it should be. My blood pressure was a little low, but nothing to get excited about. It was right before lunch, so my guess was that I was just hungry. When the midwife palpated my belly, she noticed that my pelvic bone was starting to spread at the top, which is a good sign that things are moving in the right direction, and would explain all of the lower pelvic pressure that I was having last week. 


As for this week, it's been pretty normal. I worked around the house all weekend, while  Mike was up at the lake working on the new dock. Call it nesting, or just that things needed to get done, whatever you choose. I don't know if all the activity has jumped started little man, but I keep telling him that he can start this process any day. Both his mommy and daddy are ready to meet him, along with a long list of other people. We both know he will get here when he's ready, but that doesn't mean that we would like it to be as soon as possible. :)

As we wait for little man, momma continues to grow and grow...

My big ole belly, with my now officially outtie belly button. The old saying goes, once the timer pops out, it's done right??

Oh I never thought I could get this big....

36 weeks

Well, here we are at the 36 week mark. It's crazy how fast the time has gone by. It's hard to believe that I will officially be full term the first part of next week. The time has flown by. I'm heading to the doctor tomorrow for what starts appointments every week...blah..not that I want to drive to downtown Lexington every week, but that means that we are that much closer to meeting our little guy. :) 


This week our little guy is putting on an ounce a day. He is weighing in at roughly 6 pounds and is more than 18.5 inches long. That's why my belly is feeling so tight these days! Poor little man is running out of room. Grammy and Papa came into town last week for the summer. That is exciting. It was good to see them again, and that means that summer is on it's way. We're heading for a great many weekends at the lake with our new little family.

The scrubs still hide the true size of the belly...

Now you see how big, and odd shaped it has become. 

Just look at the big ole belly!!

34 weeks....already?!?!?

Holy moly, where has the time gone? I can't believe that I am within 6 weeks, of my due date, already. There is still so much stuff left to do, hopefully I will get it all done in time... 


Little man is growing like a weed. This week he is up to a whopping 4.75 pounds, think average cantaloupe, and at least 18 inches long. No wonder my belly feels heavy most days. He still is packing on the fat layers, which will help him one he enters the world. Even though, since the weather has been so nice lately, he might not need as much help as one would think.  We are now at the safe area in regards to delivery. Even though I'm not full term for another 3 weeks, most babies that are born from here on out, have little health issues, and usually get to come home within a few days. So that is a relief, even though I have told him he needs to wait until April, before he decides to come on. I have noticed this week, that he has dropped quit a bit, my belly is lower, and I've been having pressure lower in my belly these past couple weeks. So things seem to be progressing nicely, which is always good. I still feel great, and am sleeping through the night. (Jealous aren't you, yeah I would be too!) I do feel more tired in the evenings, but packing on all this extra weight will do that to someone. 

 

A reminder of what the belly looked like 2 weeks ago...

Here we are this week. See what I mean??

 

It's crazy to think that here within a matter weeks little man will be on the outside, and in our arms. Oh how our world is going to change!

32 weeks...8 weeks to go

Well, roughly. It just all depends on when little man decides to make his entrance into the world. Whoa!! Mike seems to think that he will make his entrance a few weeks early, so we will see. 


Things have been pretty quite these past few weeks. As it turns out my nesting has kicked in, since I spent most of last weekend getting the much needed touch up painting done.  I've also been working on washing up all of little man's things. I started doing his laundry on Sunday, and I am still working on it. Now mind you I am washing everything, bedding and all, so it's taking a little time. It will be so nice to get everything washed and put away, just waiting for his arrival. Nothing like extreme nesting two months before you are due. I still have to decorate the nursery, so that will be on the list of things to do here very soon.  I'm on the two week schedule for my baby appointments, so I will have one later this week. I'm sure it will be nothing but good news, since all of my appointments have been that.

The belly doesn't look that big now does it??

Ok, who am I kidding? The belly is pretty big.

As you can see my belly is ever changing. It's hard to believe that we already are at this point. Where has the time gone?? My belly button is starting to flatten out, and looks like it wants to be an outtie, instead of an innie. The funny thing is that where I had my belly button pierced, that little section is already sticking out. They say when it pops out, it's like the turkey timer, and things are done.  


In regards to little man this week, he is about 16.7 inches long and weighs in about 3.75 lbs. He's starting to pack on the pounds, which means momma is starting to pack on the pounds, roughly 1 pound a week, half of which will go straight to my belly. He is still very active, and each day he reminds me of how much he is growing and how big and strong he is getting.

Baby shower time!!

Last weekend Mike and I went up to my folks house for a visit. Since this would be the last time we were up there before the baby gets here, my aunt decided to throw a shower for me and little man. It was a small little get together, but it was still a great time. It was so nice to catch up with old family friends, and see faces I haven't seen in awhile.

The wonderful spread put on by Grandma

As you can see we made out like bandits!!

Fun for all ages while playing silly shower games. 

I was truly blessed to have such wonderful people there to help me celebrate our new addition. Everyone was so kind and generous with their thoughtful gifts, which will all be put to good use.

30 weeks down, 10 to go..

Here we are at week 30 already. Not much has been going on right now. The weather has been crazy stupid, we were in the high 50's, which is very odd for this time of year. Not that I'm complaining,  but I'm sure it will bite us at some point this summer. We have been able to spend some time with Grammy, since she has been in town to help with the newest addition to the family. I have a doctor's appointment this Thursday, so we will see what she has to say about both of us. 

I have been feeling pretty good still, still sleeping well at night. I feel like I'm getting bigger by the day, but it's all part of is, and is well worth it. Even though I'm growing by the day, I still feel like I'm getting around pretty good. I haven't hit the uncomfortable stage yet, and for that I am grateful.   As for little man, as of this week he is roughly 15.7 inches long and weighs in about 3 pounds, about a head of cabbage. His eyes are still developing, and his eye sight still isn't the greatest, it's roughly 20/400. Which is pretty poor, since the average adult human is 20/20, so he can only see inches from his face.  

Like the hat?? It's fresh from the Daytona Speedway. Mike thought it would look good with what I had on, and decided to only take these pictures if I put the hat on.   

My belly is getting so big, and I still have roughly 10 weeks left!!

From the looks of things, he's growing like a weed!!

28 weeks....whoa...

It's hard to believe that I am already at 28 weeks, which is the start of my third trimester. This entire pregnancy has just FLOWN by. I have been very blessed and lucky throughout it all, and for that I am very thankful.  I had a doctor's appointment this past Friday, and all seems to be going well. My blood pressure was well within the limits that it needs to be in, my weight gain is just that weight gain. =) Little man's heart rate was a little lower than it has been, but they weren't to concerned, and I had to have my glucose test this appointment, so I hadn't ate much of anything before my appointment, so everyone just thought that he was hungry, which would make sense, since I was hungry. 


As for as little man's development, this week he will roughly two and a quarter pounds, and is roughly 14.8 inches from head to heels, like a Chinese cabbage. He can now blink his eyes, and his eyelashes are developed. As his eye sight keeps developing, he might be able to see the light that filters through the womb. 


I'm to the point that I can't bend over at the waist with out it being painful. I guess the basketball is just getting too big. It makes trying to tie my shoes quite an interesting task.  Thank goodness that it's winter, and I'm always wearing long pants, so I can just wear my boots. =)

The nice thing is that my weight gain is pretty much right on track, and has pretty much stuck to my belly. If I've got to put on a fair amount of weight, keeping it in my belly region will hopefully make it that much easier to loose.  I can only hope that the third trimester will be as easy as the rest of the pregnancy has been.

We have a nursery...well almost

 A couple of weeks ago, Mike and I went out shopping, trying to figure out what crib we were going to buy, and we ended up finding a really nice crib, glider rocker and ottoman. To make things even better, they all were on sale!! Got to love a good sale!! The only thing was that we had to order all the pieces, since they didn't have the color in stock. Well last week, we picked up the furniture so it's been sitting in the box for a week.  This afternoon 'Grandpa' Frank and Mike decided to put it together. Which was fine with me, since I don't really care to put furniture together. Besides it was funny to watch the boys put things together, while kind of using the instructions that came with the furniture. 

Here they are!! Right now, they are just put together. We are still waiting on the dresser to arrive before we get the room arranged the way it will be. It's just nice to have them out of the boxes and start to see how we want to put the room together.

I've got all the sheets downstairs in the basement, and for now they will stay there until we get a bit closer. So until then, the crib makes a great storage bin. Who says you can't multitask with everything?? 

Here is the glider and ottoman. Even though it's a solid color, I love the fact that it's a darker color, and the wood is a pretty good match to the crib. Another plus is that it is a little wider than most gliders. That way there is plenty of room for us to sit and rock little man. I love the cushions around the armrests. Most of the gliders I looked at had wooden armrests.  I know it's the simple things, but what can I say??

It's not complete, but it's a pretty good start. It's exciting to finally have some things in the nursery, so that it looks like a nursery. 

26 weeks....less than 100 days to go!!II

It's hard to believe that I have roughly less than 100 days left in this pregnancy. YIKES!!! There is so much that still needs to be done, before little guy gets here. These past two weeks have been pretty standard. I'm still feeling pretty good, and still sleeping well. Pretty much through the night, without interruption. (Thank you Jesus!!) Everyone keeps telling me that it's short lived, so I am enjoying it while it lasts. The only issue this week, is that I have seemed to have picked up a cough within the last week. I finally broke down and went to the doctor, and got some medicine, so hopefully it will be gone shortly.  Little man makes his presence known daily. He's VERY active these days, and if there was any doubt that I was pregnant, he constantly reminds me.

Somethings just keep on growing.....

6 months or 24 weeks, its all the same..

Well, here we are....24 weeks along. It's hard to believe that we are that far along already. I have decided that I will post pictures every 2 weeks, instead of every week, so that everyone can see the changes a little more easier.  I went to the doctor this past Thursday, and everything checked out like it should. His heart rate was about 150 bpm, which is pretty standard for this little guy. My blood pressure checked out good, and my weight gain is right where it should be. Not that it's where I want to be, but it's all part of it, and I'm hoping that I will be able to get rid of it without too much trouble. So it was a very good appointment, which is always nice. I am still feeling well, sleeping pretty good. As the weeks go by, the hours I keep are starting to wear on me. I am noticing that I am tired when I didn't used to be. As Mike so lovelingly reminds me, it's because I'm very pregnant. But all in all, things are still going well. On an exciting note, we did buy the first little bit of furniture for the nursery. Very exciting stuff. Once it's arrives, and it put together, I will post pictures of everything. =)   

No wonder I'm feeling so tired, it's kind of scary when you see a picture of yourself, and only them you realize how big you are getting.

On the shopping front, we have decided that we aren't going to buy any more clothes for little man until after we have our showers. But while walking through TSC last night, we found something that we just couldn't pass up.

Too stinkin cute right?? I thought that his uncle Tyler would be happy to see his nephew with a few John Deere bibs. A long the lines of clothes, we got a few hand me downs from a friend this weekend, and we are very grateful for those. I'm sure our little guy will look so cute in those and any new clothes he gets.

Once again Mike was playing with the camera, and Sidney was happy to pose for a photo shoot. I couldn't help but notice how much she looks like my old dog, Missy, in this picture. Such a pretty girl.